Equity Bancshares (EQBK) Competitors

Atlantic Capital Bancshares (NASDAQ:ACBI) and Equity Bancshares (NASDAQ:EQBK) are both small-cap finance companies, but which is the better business? We will contrast the two businesses based on the strength of their community ranking, valuation, dividends, earnings, media sentiment, analyst recommendations, profitability, institutional ownership and risk.

Is ACBI or EQBK more profitable?

Atlantic Capital Bancshares has a net margin of 40.79% compared to Equity Bancshares' net margin of 6.36%. Atlantic Capital Bancshares' return on equity of 14.23% beat Equity Bancshares' return on equity.

Company	Net Margins	Return on Equity	Return on Assets
Atlantic Capital Bancshares	40.79%	14.23%	1.28%
Equity Bancshares	6.36%	13.53%	1.22%

Does the MarketBeat Community favor ACBI or EQBK?

Atlantic Capital Bancshares received 113 more outperform votes than Equity Bancshares when rated by MarketBeat users. However, 48.43% of users gave Equity Bancshares an outperform vote while only 47.01% of users gave Atlantic Capital Bancshares an outperform vote.

Company	Underperform	Outperform
Atlantic Capital Bancshares	Outperform Votes 252 47.01%	Underperform Votes 284 52.99%
Equity Bancshares	Outperform Votes 139 48.43%	Underperform Votes 148 51.57%

Does the media prefer ACBI or EQBK?

In the previous week, Equity Bancshares had 1 more articles in the media than Atlantic Capital Bancshares. MarketBeat recorded 1 mentions for Equity Bancshares and 0 mentions for Atlantic Capital Bancshares. Equity Bancshares' average media sentiment score of 0.68 beat Atlantic Capital Bancshares' score of 0.00 indicating that Equity Bancshares is being referred to more favorably in the news media.

Company	Overall Sentiment
Atlantic Capital Bancshares	Neutral
Equity Bancshares	Positive

Do analysts recommend ACBI or EQBK?

Equity Bancshares has a consensus target price of $43.00, indicating a potential downside of 7.65%. Given Equity Bancshares' stronger consensus rating and higher probable upside, analysts clearly believe Equity Bancshares is more favorable than Atlantic Capital Bancshares.

Company	Sell Ratings	Hold Ratings	Buy Ratings	Strong Buy Ratings	Rating Score
Atlantic Capital Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	0 Hold rating(s)	0 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	0.00
Equity Bancshares	0 Sell rating(s)	2 Hold rating(s)	2 Buy rating(s)	0 Strong Buy rating(s)	2.50

Which has preferable valuation and earnings, ACBI or EQBK?

Atlantic Capital Bancshares has higher earnings, but lower revenue than Equity Bancshares. Atlantic Capital Bancshares is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Equity Bancshares, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.

Company	Gross Revenue	Price/Sales Ratio	Net Income	Earnings Per Share	Price/Earnings Ratio
Atlantic Capital Bancshares	$122.93M	5.34	$50.15M	$2.45	13.20
Equity Bancshares	$227.58M	3.13	$7.82M	$1.10	42.33

Which has more volatility & risk, ACBI or EQBK?

Atlantic Capital Bancshares has a beta of 0.74, indicating that its share price is 26% less volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Equity Bancshares has a beta of 0.89, indicating that its share price is 11% less volatile than the S&P 500.

Do insiders & institutionals believe in ACBI or EQBK?

88.9% of Atlantic Capital Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. Comparatively, 71.8% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by institutional investors. 4.4% of Atlantic Capital Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Comparatively, 8.0% of Equity Bancshares shares are held by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that large money managers, hedge funds and endowments believe a company will outperform the market over the long term.

Summary

Equity Bancshares beats Atlantic Capital Bancshares on 10 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.